Hitler had a plausible case to argue when he claimed that the Anschluss was only the application of the Wilsonian principle of self-determination.

Hitler's dictatorship rested on the constitutional foundation of a single law, the Enabling Law.

Evil is a form of incompetence.

Democracy is not about making speeches. It is about making committees work.

The corruption of people is to behave in an inhuman way.

Spending a weekend with Hitler would have been boring in the extreme, although you would have had a greater certainty in coming back alive.

Bullock by name, and Bullock by nature.

Should' assumes that when either willingness or ability is lacking, it may be compensated for by an abundance of the other. This is simply not realistic.

Since Genesis 3 we have been addicted to setting our sights on something, someone, smaller than Jesus.

I’ve often thought it unfair that women are expected to stay at home when there’s a fight to be won. If awoman has the strength to bear a child, she can swing a sword as well as any man.

Only cells that had been transformed by a virus or a genetic mutation had the potential to become immortal.

Spend less time shopping, more time traveling.

Buy when everyone else is selling and hold until everyone else is buying. That's not just a catchy slogan. It's the very essence of successful investing.

It is always my endeavour however in making a picture that it should be without a companion in the world. At least such should be a painters ambition.

Alafair Burke is one of the finest young crime writers working today.

Self-absorption intensifies isolation, but permits it to go unnoticed.

When it comes to the declared death of Bin Laden, Egypt is against all kinds of violence. The Egyptian government does not have a comment.